Mandatory Qualifications
Interns must be 16 years old by June 10th, 2025. River City High School students must have completed at least one course in one of WUSD’s Career Technical Education Pathways. View qualifying courses here. Yolo High School and Washington Middle College students must have a recommendation form filled out by a teacher or counselor. All participants must have also participated in or watched a recording of an online informational session about the internships offered by the Home Run team.
Responsibilities
Psomas is a full service civil engineering firm that works on public and private development infrastructure projects. The Roseville office has various teams focusing on various disciplines that are typical of infrastructure project. The Civil Engineering/Construction Management/Surveying intern will learn how transportation roadway/highway, site development projects are designed by working with our Engineering team, assist our Survey team with field survey tasks and learn how projects are built by Contractors by working with our Construction Management team. Students who enjoy Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) are encouraged to apply.
About the Business
Psomas is a full-service civil engineering consulting firm with local offices in Roseville, and 15 other offices throughout California, Arizona, Utah, and Washington. As a full-service consulting firm, we help our clients create value and deliver complex projects. Psomas is an employee-owned California corporation with over 750 employees. Our Roseville office focuses on the Transportation Engineering, Construction Management and Surveying disciplines of civil engineering projects.
Preferred Abilities
Interested in Science/Technology, Engineering/Mathematics (STEM) career pathway
Able to calculate areas and volumes
Ability to learn new software programs
Able to work in a professional office environment
Able to drive to our Roseville office to work with staff in our office
Willingness to learn and take on challenges
Learning outcomes
An intern will be able to better understand what does a civil engineer do and how the work impacts daily lives.
An intern will also be able to learn how to use AutoCAD.
An intern will also be able to learn how to effectively work as a team member towards a team goal and communicate effectively with other staff.
An intern will get a glimpse to the type of work required to build a project with our Construction Management team and also how to collect survey data with our Survey team.
Special Project
Re-aligning a highway to accommodate the relocation of a California Agricultural Border Protection Station in the Southern California area, 2) Safety Improvement project to slow vehicle speeds down and improve bike/pedestrian facilities along local City streets, 3) Re-align highway ramps and widening of a State Route,
Additional Information
Office is located in Roseville, CA so must be able to drive to the office. Steel toe shoes may be required when working on construction sites.
*Please note that this position is outside of West Sacramento. Interns will need to find their own transportation to and from the worksite and weekly trainings.